Chanting Down Babylon: The CIA & The Death of Bob Marley – High times
Did a soccer accident really cause Bob Marley’s death, as has been widely reported? Or was the dark hand of CIA covert operations behind the death of the greatest countercultural prophet of our time? Story By Alex Constantine Photos by …
JahBlemMuzik Garnet Silk Tribute 4/2/1966 – 12/9/1994
Greetings my friends!! Its with great honor and pleasure I Livicate this Post to the GREAT Garnet Silk. Garnet Silk is one of my all time favourite reggae artist in any generation! Why a post livicated to the great Garnet?……This …
Red Bull Music Academy: From Roots to Dancehall
Kingston has always been a hotbed of creativity. In the late 70s and early 80s, however, a group of deejays and singers got the city particularly warm. Barrington Levy, Dillinger, Trinity and many more were helping to shift the predominant …
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In South Africa, A Reggae Legacy Lives On
It’s Thursday night in downtown Johannesburg and some 500 people are packed into Bassline, a warehouse-like club in a hipster-friendly neighborhood. They’re here for South Africa’s longest-running sound system, or crew of reggae DJs. But tonight they get something extra: …
The Bob Marley Interview by Gil Noble 1980
Here is a great interview of Bob Marley while on his last tour in America circa September 1980.The interview was done by esteemed journalist Gil Noble. If you want to see the video of this interview just click on the …
Q&A: Snoop Dogg on criticism from Bunny Wailer, religion, reggae CD
By RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Snoop Lion won’t fire back at critics who say his backing of the Rastafari movement is simply another gimmick from one of hip-hop’s savviest self-marketers. But Snoop Dogg will. …
Retro Interview: Scratch Perry Plots His Revenge Against Island Records
When Lee Perry – aka Scratch, aka The Upsetter– burned down his Black Ark studio, many people thought he had finally flipped his lid. But now he’s back, with a new LP, a new studio and a vengeful plan to …
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